Are you a PhD student thinking about life outside of academia? Do you want to explore alternative career ideas?
On Saturday, May 7th, The University of Pennsylvania's Department of Religious Studies presents, "Alternative Careers for PhDs in the Humanities & Social Sciences" from 3:00-5:30PM in the Cohen Hall Terrace room.
This 3 paneled presentation will include two PhDs who have chosen a non-teaching career path in areas of curatorship, foundations, and consulting & writing:
Curatorship: Dr. Catharine Allgor (The Huntington) & Dr. Beth Citron (The Rubin Museum)
Foundations: Dr. Nadina Gardner (The National Endowment for the Humanities) & Dr. John Paul Christy (The American Council of Learned Societies)
Consulting & Writing: Dr. Jason Wilson (The Guardian) & Dr. David Engel (Wells Fargo Advisors)
RSVP: kastoler@upenn.edu Questions: 215-898-7453

Law and the Illicit in Medieval Society

In the popular imagination, the Middle Ages are often associated with
lawlessness. As historians have long recognized, however, medieval
culture was characterized by an enormous respect for law, legal
procedure, and the ideals of justice and equity. Many of our most
important modern institutions and legal conceptions grew out of medieval
law in its myriad forms (Roman, canon, common, customary, and feudal).

Institutional structures represent only a small portion of the wider cultural field affected by—and affecting—law. In Law and the Illicit in Medieval Europe
such distinguished scholars as Patrick Geary, William Chester Jordan,
R. I. Moore, Edward M. Peters, and Susan Mosher Stuard make the case
that the development of law is deeply implicated in the growth of
medieval theology and Christian doctrine; the construction of discourses
on sin, human nature, honor, and virtue; the multiplying forms
governing chivalry, demeanor, and social interaction, including gender
relations; and the evolution of scholasticism, from its institutional
context within the university to its forms of presentation,
argumentation, and proof.